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Any mode or method of locomotion that serves to move people, goods or services from one location to another.

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shunting
Transportation; Railway

Use of shunting signals, radios, and so on, to move motive power units, power units hauling one or more vehicles and uncoupled vehicles.

brakeman's cabin
Transportation; Railway

Brakemen's cabins were located at either end of the wagon and were used by the brakemen in charge of braking the trains. As air brakes along the train (automatic continuous brake) ...

twin-block sleepers
Transportation; Railway

Sleepers to which rails are fixed are increasingly made of concrete and no longer of wood, with the majority of them featuring a twin-block design. They comprise two blocks of ...

shunting signals
Transportation; Railway

1). Hand-based shunting signals. Orders can be given to the drivers using hand signals. Acoustic signals are given using a whistle or horn in addition to the hand signals, if the ...

brake test
Transportation; Railway

Whenever a train's structure is changed (shunting, coupling...), a brake test is performed, thereby ensuring that the train is not sent off without first checking that the braking ...

tyre
Transportation; Railway

Contact area between the wheel and the rail. A wheel is actually made from a disc or plate (either solid or with a honeycomb structure like in the old days) and a tyre. Modern ...

shut off power signals
Transportation; Railway

System usually found on the continent. An execution signal and an end-of-section signal are used; these signals may either be colour lights or semaphores. The location of the ...

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